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Month: April 2017

The Managing Director of Ecobank, Charles Kie, has signed on for the fifth Okpekpe international 10km race scheduled to hold on Saturday, May 13 in Okpekpe, Edo State.

Kie registered his name for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Bronze Label race thursday at the bank’s corporate headquarters in Lagos and revealed he will be running to create awareness about a clean environment to give support to the Green-Girl project which the reigning Miss Nigeria, Chioma Stephanie Obiadi will be projecting at the Okpekpe race
next month. Read more “Ecobank MD Signs on for Okpekpe Race”

Independent National Electoral Commission Commissioner for Information Technology in the South-South Mustafa Lecky has joined the list of celebrity runners who have registered for the Okpekpe International 10km Road Race.

The race takes place in Okpekpe, Edo State, on May 13.

Lecky wants to raise awareness about the benefits of violence-free elections in the South-South and other parts of the country ahead of the 2019 general elections. Read more “INEC embraces Okpekpe race”

Leading Nollywood actress and presenter of Bold Faces on TV, Tricia Eseigbe and the vice chancellor of Ambrose Alli University,Ekpoma,Professor Onimawo Ignatius Akhakhia have joined the celebrity cast for the fifth Okpekpe international 10km road race which holds next month in Okpekpe near Auchi,Etsako East local government in Edo state.

Both Eseigbe and Professor Onimawo will not be running for the cash prizes on offer at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Bronze Label event but for charity.

Nigeria Football Federation president, Amaju Melvin Pinnick and Labour leader,Comrade Isa Aremu have joined the growing list of celebrity runners confirmed for the fifth Okpekpe international 10km road race which holds next month in Okpekpe near Auchi in Etsako East local government of Edo state.

Pinnick,who is also an executive committee member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) says he is thrilled to associate with a race that has become a big image laundrer for Nigeria.

The organizer of the annual 10 km Okpekpe International road race in Edo State has disclosed that athletes from 11 counties across the globe are expected to participate in this year edition of the competition.

Mike Itemuagbor , chairman of Pamodzi Sports Marketing promoter of the road race gave the hint during a press briefing to herald the commencement of the competition at government house in Benin-City.